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Meryl Streeps' Birth
On June 22, 1949, Meryl Louise Streep was born In the eastern state of New Jersey. With two other siblings being both boys -
Education
At the young age of 15 Meryl Streep was studying at the prestigious college of Dartmouth and later going and graduating from Yale. Focusing on the work of drama and acting career! -
Trial and Brutal Fail
While Streep was first dipping her toes into the acting and movie scene she first looked at "King Kong" with an audition. However this audition was not only rejected but rejected in a harsh way. She later goes on to say "I'm very sorry that I'm not as beautiful as I should be, but, This is what you get". -
Julia
Her first big scene in the movie industry was titled "Julia". This movie focuses on the author’s relationship with her close friend Julia during her fight against the Nazi regime. Playing the role "Anne Marie" a socialite. -
Health issues
While Meryl has been healthy as can be her late boyfriend for two years (actor John Cazale) was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. While they both tried to fight it off it ended up taking her partners life. Soon before meeting her now husband Don. -
Husband
Don Gummer born on December 12, 1946, first met Meryl back in 1978 but has been doing his own work and being well known in the past. He is a Sculpture artist who sells his work online and in museums -
Marriage
In the year 1978 just after getting into show biz she found herself in a nice relationship with "Don Gummer". They met through Meryls brother and after 6 short months later hit it off with each other to tie the knot. They both are still together as a married couple! -
First Big Breakthrough
Meryl Streep was first starting out as a struggle to find her footing only until she was cast on the movie "The Deer Hunter", A movie depicting the horrors of Vietnam at the time and how there was no coming back. She played the protagonists girlfriend. -
Henry Wolfe Gummer
After settling down with her husband Don she went on to have 4 children. The first being Henry Wolfe Gummer. While he hasn't done anything noteworthy to the public he enjoys who he is and accepts it. -
Role model
Meryl goes on to say in an interview with the Hollywood Foreign Press on how Robert De Niro was her role model and who she looked up to. Stating “After I saw Taxi Driver, I said to myself, 'That's the kind of actress I want to be when I grow up." -
First Oscar
Meryl received her first ever Oscar in the movie "Kramer vs Kramer". -
Second Oscar
After receiving her 1st ever Oscar in the years prior she later on goes to receive another for the main role of Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski in the movie "Sophie's Choice". -
Mamie Gummer
Mamie Gummer is the second child to be born in the Gummer household. She was born 4 years after Henry but is not also an actor like her mother and recently had a child (present) -
Moving and settling down
After college and her marriage with Don she later moved to the state of Connecticut. The estate the two lived in was valued around 1.8 Million -
Grace Gummer
Grace Gummer, the third born child in the family. Grace shares a ton of similarities with her sister Mamie with her also being an actress. -
Louisa Gummer
Louisa is the last child of the Gummer family. Like the other sisters she has followed their footsteps on becoming an actress. She found her start in stage plays, including the production of Member of the Wedding alongside Tavi Gevinson in the 2018 Williamstown Theatre Festival. -
Relocation
About 10 years after buying the property in Connecticut the two later bought a property in the heart of New York City’s Greenwich Village for $2.2 million. This estate had 6 bedrooms and was around 6,000 square-feet -
The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada was a film in 2006 featuring the star herself Meryl. She played the role Miranda Priestly, a New York City–based editor-in-chief of the fictional fashion magazine Runway who has immense power. -
Mamma Mia
Mamma Mia is another hit movie for Meryl only 2 years after the last success of "The Devil Wears Prada". Mamma Mia is a story that tries to figure out who the father figure is for her wedding with Meryl playing the role of the mother. -
Up to date
While Meryl has been in the big scenes and movies she still pursues the acting culture and is now on a comedy series aired on "Hulu" titled "Only Murders in the Building." Now on its 3rd season! -
Resources
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Meryl-Streep https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/meryl-streep-don-gummer-tribute#:~:text=1980,six%20months%20into%20their%20courtship. https://collider.com/deer-hunter-michael-cimino-war-movie/ https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/inside-meryl-streep-real-estate-portfolio https://people.com/parents/all-about-meryl-streep-children/ https://honey.nine.com.au/latest/meryl-streep-don-gummer-relationship-love-story/6c5e824b-f0bb-41db-bc70-ebb3b8b98f63